In Error of Judgement Jordan finds himself in trouble when he gets romantically involved with Angela Baillie, a woman who turns out to have ties to an organisation called The Guardians who are targeting a laboratory that is conducting germ warfare experiments.

Jordan had actually, quite literally run into Baillie, having pranged his car into hers and it is only later that he discovers her involvement with The Guardians. The group is already under surveillance by both Moxon and Inman, with WDC Simpson trying to find out more about them. Jordan finds himself reprimanded for not reporting the accident and in even more hot water when he loses his warrant card. It just so happens that Baillie has taken it and made copies so members of the group can gain access to the lab.

In the shake down it becomes obvious that one of the group, Colonel Harkstead, is a sleeper agent out to get info on the lab itself. Jordan was played for a fool by Baillie but she was played for a fool by Harkstead.

Hazell: Hazell and Hyde (ITV 7 June 1979, with Maev Alexander)

In Hazell and Hyde James is asked to find a young woman, Claudine, who has apparently joined a group of squatters. When Hazell tracks down the group he is told that they had forced her to move on – her drug use was causing big problems. When a body turns up it looks like Hazell has found her, and an identification by her father seems to confirm it. However Choc Minty quickly arrives on the scene and makes it plain the dead girl is not the Claudine he is looking for but a woman who had apparently crossed Claudine in some way.

Claudine actually turns out to be something of a psychopath and having killed once has decided to make her next target our intrepid hero.

Meanwhile Jim has finally found himself somewhere else to live, his old flat having been reclaimed by the fellow he lent him the use of it.

It’s definitely something of a walk on the seedier side of life for Hazell. Maev Alexander, wjho plays the disturbed Claudine, is best known for her role as Christine Russell in the first couple of seasons of Sutherland’s Law.

Hazell: Hazell and the Suffolk Ghost (ITV 31 May 1979, with Meg Davies)

In Hazell and the Suffolk Ghost our intrepid hero pays a visit to the seaside when an accountant, Peter Harlow, calls him in over a cottage he has been left in a will. He has no idea why he has been left the cottage but since he has taken over ownership more than a few strange things have been happening.

Hazell stays at the cottage for a few days and manages to find no small amount of comfort when Harlow’s wife Stephanie turns up (Harlow himself is in New York). Although there is clearly something spooky going on it’s definitely man made and it doesn’t take Hazell too long to work it out.

The episode was a rare outing outside of London for the series, it was filmed in the East Anglian village of Walberswick and surrounds. Although all the interiors were filmed in studio of coure.

Hazell: Hazell Gets The Boot (ITV 10 May 1979, with Billy Murray)

In Hazell Gets The Boot Hazell finds himself more or less coerced into taking on a supposedly simple job for villain Dave Castle. His Bently has been stolen and he wants James to get it back for him. Hazell’s investigation leads him to a scrap yard where the car is being hidden. He gets more than he bargained for when two of the Connell gang ambush him and give him a thorough going over.

Meanwhile Hazell’s love life is also going through a troublesome patch. Patsy Flanagan is spending some time at his flat after having a dust up with her husband. Hazell is keen for the arrangement to be just a night or two of pleasure but Patsy is keen on a more permanent arrangement.